ArianespaceAriane 5 ECA+Ariane Launch Area 3, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Star One D2 & Eutelsat Quantum
Launched
July 30, 2021
Image: ESA/CNES/Arianespace/Optique vidéo du CSG
Summary
Star One D2 & Eutelsat Quantum launched on an Arianespace Ariane 5 ECA+ from Ariane Launch Area 3, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana on July 30, 2021. It was Arianespace's 298th launch, 6th this year and humanity's 6,109th orbital launch attempt. It was the 4th Ariane 5 ECA+ flight and the 1st this year. The payload was bound for Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO). Star One D2, one of 4 catalogued objects, reached a 268 × 35,779 km orbit inclined 3.0°. 4 objects from this launch are catalogued, 2 of them payloads.
- Watch
- VA254 Lift-Off sequencearianespace
- Flight VA254 – Star One D2 / EUTELSAT QUANTUM | Ariane 5 Launch | Arianespacearianespace
- Eutelsat Quantum LiftoffEuropean Space Agency, ESA
- Vehicle
- Ariane 5 ECA+ · Arianespace
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Communications · Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO)
- Milestone
- 4th Ariane 5 ECA+ flight · 1st this yearArianespace's 298th launch6th this yearhumanity's 6,109th orbital launch attempt72nd orbital launch attempt this year
Webcast
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Star One D2 · NORAD 49055 · 2021-069 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 4 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2021-069A
- Epoch
- 2021-07-30 22:26:08 UTC
- Mean motion
- 2.2785855 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.7278313
- Inclination
- 2.9931°
- Ascending node
- 91.4379°
- Arg. of perigee
- 179.0314°
- Mean anomaly
- 38.1406°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 0
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: GTO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
4 catalogued: 2 payloads, 1 rocket stage, 1 component; 4 still in orbit
- Star One D2 · NORAD 49055 · in orbit
- Eutelsat Quantum · NORAD 49056 · in orbit
Ariane 5 L5113 ESC-D · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Star One D2 is a 6.2 tons satellite built by Space Systems Loral for operator Star One, subsidiary of Brazilian Embratel. Its architecture is based on a SSL-1300 platform and equipped with C, X, Ku and Ka-band transceivers. It will provide communications services to Latin America for at least 15 years. Eutelsat Quantum is an experimental communications satellite carrying a payload able to be reconfigured by software. It is developed by ESA, Eutelsat and Airbus Defence and Space.
Pad
Ariane Launch Area 3, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
111th launch from Ariane Launch Area 3, 1st this year · 306th from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
118 launches from this pad · 336 from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
348 days after the previous launch from this pad
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Updates
Questions
When did Star One D2 & Eutelsat Quantum launch?
Star One D2 & Eutelsat Quantum launched on July 30, 2021. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Star One D2 & Eutelsat Quantum?
Coverage: VA254 Lift-Off sequence; Flight VA254 – Star One D2 / EUTELSAT QUANTUM | Ariane 5 Launch | Arianespace; Eutelsat Quantum Liftoff. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Star One D2 & Eutelsat Quantum?
Ariane 5 ECA+, flown by Arianespace. Ariane 5 ECA+ spec sheet
Where did Star One D2 & Eutelsat Quantum launch from?
Ariane Launch Area 3, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana.
What orbit did Star One D2 & Eutelsat Quantum reach?
Star One D2, one of 4 catalogued objects, reached a 268 × 35,779 km orbit inclined 3.0°.
How many satellites did Star One D2 & Eutelsat Quantum launch?
2 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 2 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).